The week following GDC, we're still down exactly one Mike Meade, but that doesn't stop Jared and I from recording a rockin' podcast. We talk about Gunnar gaming glasses, Pam's birthday, iOS games, and the ridiculous onslaught of bummer news this week... Including, but not limited to the Threes / 2048 drama and what there is to do about the crazy state of clone madness on the App Store.

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Thanks for the Bad Student Driver mention! re: bassists wearing their instrument high, that's actually good for their wrists, kind of the opposite of using your laptop on your chest while lying on your back. But equally dorky. π

Kiltedsheep

As a liberal Brit, I read the headline 'A Gauntlet of Bummers' and thought it was rather offensive... then I read the rest of the article and realised what you meant

Cookies

I thought the same thing π Didn't take long to realize that's not what he meant though...

JC85

After listening to this podcast, ive decide to buy threes. To support those guys

craighinrichs

Regarding Threes and the problem of clones: no mention is made the great games that never get found. The threes developers have links with apple (I can't verify that but I am sure that is the case but do know that success in the store opens doors) all of us other developers don't get any love.

oooooomonkey

Pfft, pah, and other awesome words that contribute nothing to the conversation π

Christian Valentin

Was going to ignore SW: Assault Team, but I think I might give it a try now

Shawn Blais

Great show Eli, the current situation in the App Store really does suck. We did ok with Bardbarian, but not enough to be profitable, and within a few days, pretty much gone from the charts. Even when you're not cloned, it's hard to do much of anythign with a paid app these days.

We definitely echo the sentiments heard at GDC, that we're turning our attention to Steam/PSN/Vita and away from mobile, unfortunately. Not to say we won't do any more mobile stuff, but it's just not that appealing right now.

We are trying a new F2P model though, where we're going to make the entire game free with required video-ads, and then purchasing any IAP will remove them. Hopefully that's a F2P business model that actually works, as it seems pretty healthy.

Anyways, keep fightin the good fight, it's kinda dark times, but I'm sure shit will swing back around π

Kiltedsheep

Can't believe you weren't profitable with Bardbarian, which was a great game that seemed to be getting quite a bit of coverage. That's pretty depressing. If F2P is the way you have to go, though, the model you've described sounds like the best one possible. Best of luck

Stormourner

I purchased Threes! to support the developers and protest against the clones

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